Patriarch Irinej & the Royal Family of Serbia pays historic visit to Syriac Orthodox Community in Sweden : Honors Syriac Orthodox Prelates
October 2014
Pan-Orthodox Unity – Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches
Syriac – Serbian Orthodox Churches
# Historic visit by an Eastern Orthodox Patriarch and Royal Family to the Oriental Orthodox Community.
# Highest distinction of an Eastern Orthodox Church awarded to Oriental Orthodox Prelates.
# Eastern Orthodox Patriarch wore Oriental Orthodox Vestments and used Syriac Orthodox cross and staff.
# A true model of Eastern – Oriental Orthodox conciliatory unity and brotherly exchange
Sweden: His Holiness Irinej Patriarch of Serbia, and Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia Visited the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden. Their Eminences Mor Julius Abdelahad Shabo and Mor Dioscoros Benjamin Atas each received a medal from the Patriarch of Serbia for their humanitarian contribution to the Serbs during the war in Balkan.
His Holiness was received according to the tradition of the Syriac church and was vested in Syriac liturgical manners and given a cross and a shepherd staff.
An official reception was organized by St Peter and St Paul Syriac Orthodox Church in Norsborg in honor of His Holiness and the Crown Prince and was attended by a large gathering of different orthodox and christian denominations.
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